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Well, it’s not. But these things tend to overlap with the same target audiences, so I thought it was neat enough to mention here. First, my apologies for not having my long awaited followup to last years Rejected Star Wars concepts up today. I’m really hoping it will be up tomorrow to wrap up our anniversary week, but my day job is just using up every spare moment of my time right now, nights and weekends included. And sleep time. And bath time. And time I haven’t used yet.

So, not complaining, just explaining why some site stuff is late. Daniel has really stepped up to make our anniversary as memorable as always (did’ja check out the Power Girl unveiling?!?) along with he great companies who contributed items to our little celebration. I’ve enjoyed my time here immensely, and still can’t believe I’m a part of this whole thing again, thanks to Daniel.

Anyway, what the title is referring to is this nifty Netflix account analyzer. As a movie buff, especially a classic film buff, Netflix has been invaluable in watching a lot of stuff I wouldn’t have otherwise seen. But over the years I find that I’ve tended to go through periods of a lot of watching, balanced out by having those red envelopes sit unopened for weeks on end, only to be sent back unwatched. These days I’ve done far more of the latter, unfortunately.

But how has the subscription been as a whole? Have I saved money over Blockbuster, or buying DVDs outright? Am I wasting that money each month I’m not watching my full amount? Well, now there’s an easy way to check it out! Just go here to the Netflix History Analyzer. It turns out my investment has been well worth it (although I did cringe at seeing the total spent in the past 5 years!)And yes, I do still have the same three discs I was sent on Feb. 24th…

Awesome! I’ve been kinda curious about how my Netflix activity stacks up. You had a movie for 104 days?!? LOL.
Here’s mine:

You’ve rented 397 DVDs over 39 months from January 30, 2006 to April 08, 2009.
Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $662.61 total.
Your average price per rental was approximately $1.67 each.
Average rental costs elsewhere are $3.75 each (not including late fees).
You’ve saved approximately $826.14 over that time period or $21.18 per month.
Here’s some more about your renting habits…

You kept each rental for around 7 days on average.
The longest you kept a single DVD was 34 days.
You rented about 10 DVDs each month.
You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.

Huh. How very interesting. My stats were pretty similar to yours, Otter. Of course, there are other factors to consider as well. For one thing, we suspended out DirectTV in part because we watch a lot of tv shows on Netflix. And, like you said, Netflix offers a lot of options that Blockbuster or Hollywood just doesn’t have. But we really gotta start getting through our movies faster….

Hmmm…. looks like I’m OVER paying. I think that’s cuz the I watch SO much stuff on TV instead of my Netflix. Also I’m on the BluRay plan and there wasn’t an option for that.

You’ve rented 93 DVDs over 30 months from October 10, 2006 to April 07, 2009.
Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $509.7 total.
Your average price per rental was approximately $5.48 each.
Average rental costs elsewhere are $4.99 each (not including late fees).
You’ve overpaid approximately $45.63 over that time period or $1.52 per month.
Here’s some more about your renting habits…
You kept each rental for around 21 days on average.
The longest you kept a single DVD was 149 days.
You rented about 3 DVDs each month.
You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.

I think my stats are deceptive, too, as the bulk of the DVDs I watched were in the first two years, when I got off work at 4:30 every day (plus I had no cable, and watched no TV). The last 2 years I’ve probably averaged maybe 2-3 dvds per month. If I have free time, I’m watching stuff like Breaking Bad, BSG, LOST, Mad Men, etc. and not so much the copy of The Fountain that I’ve had for 2 months. And I’ve put the account on hold 3 times.

I guess I’m just not that into movies. Spend too much time on the net I guess. Actually the cost of taking the family to the movies has turned me off to movies in general.
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But, that Red Box down at the supermarket is 1.00 for a movie for a night. For the few times I want a recent movie – instead of the 5th time watching National Treasure or Happy Gilmore – its pretty cheap.

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Jason Geyer has been part of the online toy world for over 10 years, having founded some of the very first toy sites on the web including Raving Toy Maniac, ToyOtter, and now Action Figure Insider. He is also a former toy designer who is now a marketing genius. If he does say so himself. And he does.